Accusing the BJP of spreading an internet of paper leak mafia throughout the nation that’s ruining the way forward for the youth, the Congress on Monday alleged that the brutal lathi-charge on BPSC candidates in Patna was carried out to cover paper leak and rigging.
Protestors demonstrating in Patna over the alleged leak of a query paper of the December 13 mixed preliminary examination carried out by BPSC(Santosh Kumar)
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the lathi-charge on protesting college students looking for the cancellation of the Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC) examination, terming it an try to interrupt the morale of the scholars through the use of power.
“When rigging is detected, the BJP shamelessly denies or tries to silence the youth by lathi-charging them,” Kharge claimed in a publish in Hindi on X.
The Congress chief’s remarks got here a day after some college students protesting towards the cancellation of the BPSC examination have been lathi-charged in Patna.
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Sharing a video of the incident, the Congress chief claimed the NDA authorities resorted to brutal lathi-charge and inhuman atrocities on BPSC aspirants in Bihar to cover paper leak and rigging.
“The attempt to break the morale of the youth by using dictatorship against them is extremely shameful and condemnable,” he stated.
Kharge additionally accused the BJP of spreading an internet of paper leak mafia throughout the nation, which is ruining the way forward for the youth.
Greater than 70 papers have been leaked previously seven years, Kharge alleged, including that the way forward for 3.28 lakh youth who took the BPSC examination is hanging within the steadiness.
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Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally alleged that the “double-engine” BJP authorities in Bihar has change into a logo of “double atrocities” on youth.
“It is the government’s job to stop corruption, rigging and paper leaks in examinations. But instead of stopping corruption, students are being prevented from raising their voices,” the Congress common secretary stated in a publish in Hindi on X.
“It is inhuman to spray water and lathi-charge on youth in this harsh cold. BJP’s double-engine has become a symbol of double atrocities on youth,” she stated.
Police on Sunday used water cannons to disperse college students demanding the cancellation of the BPSC examination held on December 13.
The agitating college students, who have been joined by Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, tried to march to the chief minister’s residence, prompting police to take motion, authorities stated.
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